An ESPN commentator blasted Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones this week, comparing him to a slave owner for his response to national anthem protests in the National Football League.

“The word that comes to my mind, and I don’t care who doesn’t like me using it, is ‘plantation,’” ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon said Monday. “The players are here to serve me, they will do what I want no matter how much I pay them. They are not equal to me. That’s what this says to me and to mine.”

Jones had threatened to bench players who don’t stand for the national anthem, a reprimand praised by President Trump, who has criticized the football protests.

A big salute to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, who will BENCH players who disrespect our Flag."Stand for Anthem or sit for game!"

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anonymous

ESPN commentator Michael Wilbon is disgusting and wrong for using plantation to make
a point. You’re being bias and playing the race card. Owners paying their players $,$$$,$$$
of dollars have every right to put rules and regulations on what is accepted and what is not
accepted while playing on the football field, they are being paid to work and their work is solely
entertainment. If Tim Tebow couldn’t kneel to pray, then these players shouldn’t be allowed to
protest. It’s hypocritical and double standard using the National Anthem to kneel with fist up
disrespectful and dishonorable they’re being paid by the Department of Defense to stand. A RULE
THE PLAYERS BROKE. What ashamed these spoiled brats had to get paid to stand for the National
Anthem it should had been from the heart instead and feel grateful they get millions while our service
men and women go to the frontlines not guaranteed they’ll come back.

Before 2009,NFL PLAYERS did not stand for the National Anthem, they stayed in the locker room.
The custom didn’t start until the Dept. of Defense gave the NFL $5.4 million dollars to stage on field
ceremonies, to MAKE THE TEAM SEEM MORE PATRIOTIC. Taxpayers pay for STADIUMS.. Who
know what else? Seems like more ENTITLEMENTS and GREED

DoD paid $53 million of taxpayers’ money to pro sports for military tributes, report says

god, how low ESPN has fallen,…it needs to be put out of its misery, its nothing but a sad show with liberal butt hurt idots saying what ever bizzare thing comes to mind. ESPN doesn’t even deal in reality anymore they have fallen so far down the rabbit hole…

The constitution is the supreme law of the land and if you kneel for the anthem that is your legal right. The rich, commie, liberal left tv networks are having to pull all kinds of stunts to try to bring in a candidate after Trumps victory. Many shows (including the NFL), have been scrapped or have had their scripts (aka programming) altered. Scripts are written and approved by the few in control (jewish psychologist editors that have the last say) because Trump has a vendetta against the NFL after his USFL was sabotaged by the NFL. MAGA.

Slaves were forced to do certain things and not free to leave. Jones is setting rules for conduct for his employees….they are not slaves so they are free to leave. Every employer has rules of conduct for their employees. These players have no right to force the employer to also be anti American like themselves.

Shall we remind them that there is a country out there called Africa…….and they have decided to call themseleves AFRICAN-Americans, even though a generation after generation they were born in America.
The message: If you are not happy, please go back to Africa, and drop the second part of the identification which is “AMERICAN”, and perhaps you will be happier.

This guy doesn’t understand….slaves were not free to leave. These players are employees who agree to work under certain rules and behavior. As employees they are free to leave at any time if the rules of their employment are not to their liking.